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>> the first major storm of 2014 is here now. for us, it's a bit of snow. followed by dangerous bone-chilling temperatures. and that's not all. >> other parts of the northeast getting hammered from chicago to boston and new york. the conditionings are bringing travel to a stand till. >> there's winter storm out there bringing a double whammy to our area. >> first snow then arctic air coming our way as this system moves east.

more than 100 million people are impacted in 20 states. right now, parts of our region were you should a winter storm warning and school closings are already coming in. >> we have team coverage right now. we're covering maryland, virginia, the district, we're all over the place. how is it looks now? >> as far as the snow is concerned. the snow starting to move out of the region. we continue to see that snow moving off towards the east right now. take a look at the radar, still coming down around the metro area. around the i-95 corridor. everybody along the belt way seeing that snow. this but to the west, this snow is gone. some of the heaviest snow now around southern maryland. we will continue to see the heavy snow here through the next one to two hours. as you widen out, you can also see some drying back towards the west. this is where the colder air is, this is where the wind is and

that's going to be kicking in soon. how much did we see? five inches around percival. d.c., right here in our studios, coming in at three inches as we. veronika jo r veronica johnson, we're going to see something else entirely. >> that's right. that cease some vicious cold, the kind of cold that we haven't had to deal with in quite some time around here. so that's the kind of situation for tomorrow. you're going to need your hat, your gloves, your scarves, anything to keep the wind off of your skin. now, as i mentioned, it's still snowing out here. in fact, coming down pretty good. we measured three inches. we could get a little bit more. let me show you the trees around the area. we do have tree limbses and branches balanced budget covered ever so lightly. it looks very pretty right now. tomorrow morning it's going to get ugly as the winds swik up. some of the scenes around the

area right here at nbc 4, this picture from scott fowler. three inches of snow. a little bit less in livingston and northwest d.c., covering the cars and the roads, too. the wind with low temperatures. we're going to be dealing with not only the possible of scat r scattered power outages tomorrow some slick roads. but also the risk of hypothermia. >> you can stay on top of things with our storm team weather app on your google advice and your

iphone. >> tonight, some school district have made the call tomorrow. prince william koun thank you, loudoun county and frederick county virginia public schools. a two-hour delay. the federal government is going to be open, but employee es have the option, we're told, to take unscheduled leave. >> meanwhile, in northern virginia, dangerous conditions on the reed. and it could be even more treacherous tomorrow. jackie benson joins uh us live with people who have taken hours to get home. >> unfortunately what's starting to happen is it's getting windy. we've heard reports from earlier today of school buses being stuck on the way home, drivers

whose commit took up to four hours to come in from d.c. the time of course of this storm, rush rour couldn't have been worse. >> it was a very long ride home for thousands of commuters headed to leesburg and points west. numerous accidents. most of them caused by cars on slippery roads. slowed traffic to a crawl on route 7 and route 15. ramps on those roads were especially treacherous, like this one. the problem was compounded by the fact that tow trucks to move disabled cars and the plows to clear and salt the roads were also stuck in pacific traffic. >> it's going to be 128 degrees, 20 dpst by tomorrow. >> this good so mare ton spent the evening pulling vehicles out of ditches. >> two years ago, i got stuck in a ditch about an hour and a half. there was a gentleman with a kid who stopped bane got me out of it.

i thought i was going to sleep in the truck. >> supermarkets did a brisk business as people stocked up for a few days. by night fall, downtown leesbur coffered in a blanket of snow. the wind has picked up here. it feels like it's dropped 10, 15 degrees in the last hour or so. loudoun county schools closed tomorrow. that's probably a good idea. >> sterling, virginia, snow covered the sidewalks and roads. emergency crews have responded to a few accidents. the snow started falling there around 2:00 this afternoon. '. >> this video from frederick. the downtown area looked more like a ghost town tonight. what are things like in germantown? >> right now, the snow has stopped falling but there's

definite accumulation. take a look at that tree. a lot of folks tell me they are concerned about their communities, especially with all this snow. and then you come right over here. this driver is going to have to get all the snow off the front windshield here. folks say when they outside and look at secondary roads like this one right here and they hear about what's going on on the highways, they are concerned the roads could possibly freeze overnight. >> it makes me nervous basically. >> tonight, aaron simms isn't taking any chances on 270 north on montgomery county. he pulls his tractor trailer over to wait out the storm. >> i would rather be on the side of the road than run into somebody. >> as the snow falls in gaithersburg, take a look at traffic moving at a slow pace on 270. tonight, maryland department of transportation officials tell me 520 snowplows are working around the clock in montgomery and prince george's county. they're worried about icy conditions, wind and snow blowing tomorrow morning. >> because of the wester tomorrow. it looks like it's going to be

bad. >> people buy ice melt and shovels at hardware stores as temperatures dip into the teens. >> i love it, man. >> why? >> why not? we need more snows. >> they are actually clearing the sidewalk for tomorrow morning so people won't slip and fall. >> up to four inches has fallen in downtown frederick. >> did you expect this? >> no, absolutely not. we heard two to four inches. i guess we'll see what happens in the morning. >> back on 270, aaron simms is behind schedule as he waits for the snow to ease up. heel deliver these damaged cars to an insurance company in ohio, hoping he doesn't become an accident victim tonight. >> just the best thing to do. you know, wait for the weather to clear up. >> back out here life in germantown. you should put your ice melt down before you remove all the snow e. mdot says the interstates are

wet right now. they're treated very well, but they are wet. they want to make sure your you give yourself proper time for your commute tomorrow morning. news 4. >> thank you. a guy who owns that house just called to say thank you for the shovels and the salt. he appreciates it. >> absolutely. >> salt trucks are on duty tonight around the district as the snow creates some beautiful scenes around our nation and our national monuments. from the united states capital down to the martin luther king jr. memorial, the snow made for great photos for anyone willing to stand out there, of course, to take the pictures. but it looks great. viewers have also been sending in their pictures of the snow all day. you can check out the images on our website at nbc washington.com. there's a slide show on our home page. >> all this weather, of course, will have an impact on the early moshing compute. it doesn't take much. we invite you to tune into the latest on road conditions

enschool closings and delays. the long island expressway has been shut down or will be shut down. that is an hour from now. as conditions there take a turn for the worst with up to a foot of snow expected there. here's wnbc's michael george. >> the snow falls steadily all night. the wind starts to pick up. that's exactly what has emergency managers concerned. take a look behind me at the long island expressway. you're still seeing some movement out there. but that's going to stop at midnight. officials say they need to shut this this down from midnight until at least 5:00 a.m.

visibility is getting worse. they're going to the to see how conditions play out and make a final determination. at this point, they hope to reopen. it could be faced with a rmd charge. no flight into or out of the airport tonight and tomorrow. right now, all flights oit of reagan, dulles, boston, new york have been canceled because of the conditions just showed you. more than 200 flights locally have been impacted according to flight aware.com. those cancel laces are also have been a ripple effect that stretches all the way to california, almost 50 flights have been grounded at lax because of the conditions in the northeast. chicago's o'hare airport also grounded hundreds of flights today because of this massive storm.

>> and that storm is notone yet. coming up with other cities that have been hit really hard and what we can expect for the re of the week. >> plus, driving distracted. why researchers say texting isn't the only thing that puts you at risk for an accident behind the wheel. >> also questions tonight about who is at fault

>> this is a new video that demonstrates the dangers of distracted driving. a teenager in the upper left corner is fexing and unaware that he's headed for the curb. researchers from the national institutes of health and virginia tech found that we are distracted about 10% of the time behind the wheel. whether that is texting,

dialling or eating or whatever. the study discovered that all those activities could be a problem. it found chances of an accident increase significantly anytime your eyes are off the road for more than two seconds. >> a wheelchair bound woman is recovering after a metro bus hit her in southeast d.c. the 43-year-old was in her batte battery powered chair when the gus strucked her at w street and martin luther king jr. avenue this morn pg it's still unclear who's at fault. police are reviewing video from the bus and a nearby building in their investigation. the driver is now on leave and has to undergo a toxicology test. >> there are some new details tonight from the news 4 i team investigation of children left unattended outside maryland casinos. the team looked into state records after a mother was arrested for leaving her 4-year-old child in a car

outside the maryland live casino on tuesday. according to the maryland gaming commission, five children were left alone through november at casinos throughout the state. most of them happened during the summer months when school was out. a alisha brown has been leased on bail. the first winter storm of the year has wreaked havoc over much of the midwest. and now it's barrelling through ore area and into new york and new england. we want to show you live pictures now from times square where the snow continues to fall. and in bhooston, the tennessees are expected fob really bad over the next several hours. here's jim cantore. >> the winds are blowing, the snow continues to come down. the temperatures have also dropped. it is currently 8 degrees right now. and falling. the good news is that's giving us a very, very light snow. if you've ever been out west in the high country of colorado or into utah or wyoming, you get this light pixie dust champagne

powder kind of snow. that's what we've gotten through here. that's why it's being moved very, very easily. that's why the governor has left a lot of the interstate roads open tonight. traffic behind me is moving along well. you're not seeing lot of salt spread on the words because it's not going to work in this case. the snow is going to get heavier tonight. the winds are still going to be up 30, 40 miles an hour. that's going to create blizzard and low visibility conditions for so many venturing out. i tell you, you go off the road in a situation like this where the temperatures are going to stay in the single digit, and temperature wind chills are going to be below 10 below. it's going to be awful for anyone venturing out tomorrow. so this is a dangerous storm, even though we're not going to see super high totals across the inland err kbraps the light snow that does come down is so zo light, so fluffy it's going to flow around and create dangerous driving conditions long after the storm is gone.

january 2014, starting off on the stormy side. for wrc, i'm meteorologist jim cantore in boston. >> so tricky because it packs a punch. it's beautiful but at the same time it's so dangerous. >> i can't talk when it's cold like that. >> you're going to get your chance tomorrow. because it's gong to get very cold here. those temperatures are going to be tumbling overnight tonight. and with the wind chill, it will feel like 3 degrees early tomorrow morning. a lot of people talk act how pretty this snow looks outside, especially out there on all the trees. it will not look that pretty tomorrow morning. all that snow on the trees will be gone by the time you wake up as a result of the wind. you can see the winds blowing the flag out there towards june i don't know station. right now, the winds only about 10, 15 miles an hour. so not too bad. snow falling at the airport. current temperatures sitting at 34 degrees. winds out of the north at about 12 miles an hour. er and that, of course, gives us a little bit of a wind chill. we'll talk about the wind chills

in just a second. wait till you see these numbers. 34 in d.c., 27 in martinsburg, 32 over towards manassas. most areas below freezing. the snow moving away. still into portions of southern maryland. leonardtown, down around st. mary's county and the eastern shore. still seeing the snow, maybe another inch to come for areas close to the chesapeake. but for the rest of us, we are done. at least done with the accumulating snow. could be a few more areas of snow as we ploouf on through the night tonight but that's about it. waldorf, huntingtown, that's where the 12340e is coming down. it's going to drag in cold air behind it. what dafshs tomorrow will be.

notice snow is well off towards the east. the wind, though, starts to move in and it gets very windy and very cold during the early morning hours tomorrow. tomorrow morning will be frigid. let's take a look at the numbers. these are the current wind chills. 25 in washington, 11 in philly. 16 in hagerstown, look at pittsburgh. 4 below zero in gaithersburg. we have a wind chill advisory in effect until noon. howard county, montgomery county, northern fauquier and everybody out to the west. the wind chill could be below zero in some of these locations. in and around d.c., it will stay between 5 and 10 degrees. so once again a very cold friday. a high of 23. but the wind making it feel much colder than that. 35 on saturday. a little better on sunday. late showers on sunday. that's ahead of our next storm system that will bring us some

rain and snow mix on monday. high of 35. not worried about any accumulation, but guess what? it gets even colder next week. tuds, we are going to be down right cold. 20 degrees for a high. the wind chilg near 0 once again. and it stays cold on wednesday with a high near 30. 37 degrees on thursday. and guess what? another chance for a little bit in the what of some snow. so if you're hoping for a harsher winter, we've got it for you coming up over the next zen days. >> we were hoping for snowiey i winter. >> if d.c. hits two inches it's the first time in three years. >> take the pictures while you can because it's going to be gone tomorrow. >> we have sports coming up..

>> weave got the senior bowl coming up, the combine coming up. >> you need a coach, you also need better players first and foremost. although the redskins haven't come out and said what exactly it is they're looking for in their next head coach based on who they've interviewed, it's taffe so say the skins are a type they're going after. of the potential candidates they're expected to interview, all are nfl coordinators. the skins have already interviewed bevill. jim caldwell will be interviewed on wednesday. carolina panthers sean mcdermott is scheduled to interview this

weekend. the skins have also asked the giants permission to talk to their defensive coordinator, perry fewell. anyone you like on that list of coordinators? >> sean mcdermott is pretty good. he did a great job in philly. he did a great job in carolina. >> i like caldwell. i like jim wald welcaldwell. the capitals are sinking fast, guys. three players have demanded to the traded. they won once in their last six games. adam oates is mixing and matching lines, trying to find a spark but nothing seems to be working. caps trying to get it together versus the hurricanes tonight. second period, caps already down a goal. alex ovechkin hasn't scored in four games. if sneaks this puck in.

they take a three 3-2 lead. they tie it up. that's jeff skinner off the rebound. we're tied at 3-3. head to overtime. a little over a minute in o.t. tries this behind the back pass. it doesn't get there. and it leads to a 3:01 break for the hur takens. we mentioned jeff skinner, well, this is the hat trick for skinner. the caps lose it 34-3 in overtime. >> they're a transition team that takes off. they are two guys that recognized an opportunity to jump and figured a three-on-one, you know, it's unfortunate but we'll regain ourselves and make sure we get a win in a couple of days here. >> what upset especially everyone

>> going to need a hat, aren't we? >> yeah. tomorrow is the glues the hats, the scarves. this is why. cold. the coldst air we have really seen in years. 18 to 22 for an actual temperature. winds gusting to 40 miles an hour. as we move on through the next couple of day, notice how many days we have in the 30s and even days we have in the 30s and even a couple m♪ ho ho ho

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